Day 01 Lima / Cusco
Upon arrival at Cusco city, meeting assistance and transfer to your hotel.
Rest of the morning free to adjust to the altitude.
At the afternoon, visit the most important places in the city: Main Square, the Cathedral and the Koricancha palace, be continue visiting the nearby Inca ruins including the ceremonial bath of Tambomachay, Kenko and the amazing fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
Day 02 Cusco / Machu Picchu/ Cusco
At opportunity time, transfer to station where you will catch the train to Aguas Calientes. The 3 hour train journey follows the ever narrowing gorge of the Urubamba river to Aguas Calientes town, on the way you will appreciate picturesque Andean scenery and traditional villages.
As we approach the Machu Picchu Sanctuary, the valley turns into a canyon and the vegetation changes to a cloud forest.
Then you'll board a bus for a 30-minute drive up the switchback road to Machu Picchu. Once at the site and after an orientation by the guide, you will have sometime guided exploration of the fabled Inca citadel.
After lunch, we'll descend by bus to catch the train to Cusco and then transfer to your hotel. (B, L).
What's included
- Airport transfers
- Guided Sightseeing as detailed in the itinerary
- Ground transportation (bus and train)
- Meals : Breakfasts and one lunch at Machu Picchu
- Entrance fees
- Accommodation at selected hotel with breakfast.
What's not
- Domestic flights
- Meals not noted in itinerary
- Optional tipping to guides and local staff
- Airport taxes and
- Items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc.)
Excursions worth considering
Tambopata
Explore the wonders of the Peruvian rainforest at Tambopata National Reserve. Stay at Sandoval Lake Lodge located in the shores of the beautiful Sandoval lake consider as one of the most beautiful lakes in the southern Peru.
3 days/2 nights.
More Information
Titicaca Lake
Travel to Puno located in the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable in the world. Visit the Sillustani tombs, the Inca terraces and ruins at Taquile Island and meet the local Uros Indians who live in their floating islands.
3 days/2 nights
More Information
Arequipa
Visit the “White City” with its colonial houses inclusing a guided excursion to the 16th century Santa Catalina Convent that was completely closed for almost 400 years. 3 days/2 nights
More Information
More about Machu Picchu
Perched high above a sinuous bend in the Urubamba River, Machu Picchu has lured explorers, poets and pilgrims to its mist-wreathed ridge top ever since its discovery by the American explorer Hiram Bingham in July, 1911
No one lived here before the Incas. Those mighty empire builders from Cuzco discovered this extraordinary place, finding it rich in natural features sacred to their religion. Both inspired and humbled by its dramatic natural beauty, their answer was to create on a vast scale one of the planet's most sensitive and harmonious works of art. The aesthetic genius of its layout and architecture coupled with the durability of its brilliant planning and engineering have given us today this finest of jewels among the UNESCO world heritage sites.
Scholars still argue about the meaning of Machu Picchu: why it was built and what purpose it served, who lived there and when they departed. Most agree that its main intent was spiritual and ceremonial.
